Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scripture Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions of the HindoosJ. Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... walks on his belly ; " " the secret one ; " " he of tricks ; " " he who fears a noise ; " " he who has a jacket " ( alluding to his slipping off the skin ) ; " he who has eyes for ears , or he who hears by his eyes ; " " the coiled one ...
... walks on his belly ; " " the secret one ; " " he of tricks ; " " he who fears a noise ; " " he who has a jacket " ( alluding to his slipping off the skin ) ; " he who has eyes for ears , or he who hears by his eyes ; " " the coiled one ...
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... walk round the fire three times from left to right . " Fire is the witness of their covenant ; and if they break it , fire will be their destruction . " In the Scanda Purana , the father of the virgin who was to be married to the son of ...
... walk round the fire three times from left to right . " Fire is the witness of their covenant ; and if they break it , fire will be their destruction . " In the Scanda Purana , the father of the virgin who was to be married to the son of ...
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... walk that day ; and then he occupies a place where he must be seen . So soon as he can attract the atten- tion of his superior , he puts his hand to his forehead , stoops to the ground as if touching his feet , to show submission ...
... walk that day ; and then he occupies a place where he must be seen . So soon as he can attract the atten- tion of his superior , he puts his hand to his forehead , stoops to the ground as if touching his feet , to show submission ...
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... walk forward , and cast himself on the earth , and rise again , till he had bowed seven times ; after which , ( as he would walk a short distance every time he arose , ) he would be near to his brother . Esau could not bear it any ...
... walk forward , and cast himself on the earth , and rise again , till he had bowed seven times ; after which , ( as he would walk a short distance every time he arose , ) he would be near to his brother . Esau could not bear it any ...
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... walking of our feet . " " It was done according to the foot of the children ; " which means , they did not come in a palankeen , or any other vehicle , but on foot . From this it appears , that the females , and the children , performed ...
... walking of our feet . " " It was done according to the foot of the children ; " which means , they did not come in a palankeen , or any other vehicle , but on foot . From this it appears , that the females , and the children , performed ...
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alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus India Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king Lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama
Popular passages
Page 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Page 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Page 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 421 - Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Page 37 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 215 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 151 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 376 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.